The Housekeeper and the Professor SummaryYoko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor Overview

“The Housekeeper and the Professor” is a contemporary novel by Yoko Ogawa in which the young single mother, the Housekeeper, comes to care for the elderly and amnesiac Professor with her son, Root, learning much about life and mathematics in the process. "The Housekeeper and the Professor" deals with important themes that include family, memory, love, life, and math as the experience between the Professor, the Housekeeper, and Root changes all their lives for the better.